Validation of the Spanish versions of the long (26 items) and short (12 items) forms of the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS)

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Garcia Campayo, Javier ^a,b   Navarro Gil, Mayte ^c   Andrés, Eva ^d   Montero Marin, Jesús ^e   López Artal, Lorena ^f   Demarzo, Marcelo Marcos P ^g  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

^b Primary Care Prevention and Health Promotion Research Network (RedIAPP)   (Spain)

^c Bit and Brain Technologies   (Spain)

^d Universidad Complutense   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Mindfulness; Self compassion; Spanish; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFUL ATTENTION AWARENESS SCALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEIVED STRESS QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF COMPASSION SCALE; SHORT FORM 12; SHORT FORM 26; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; YOUNG ADULT;

ANXIETY; AWARENESS; DEPRESSION; EMPATHY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892429665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-12-4     Document Type: Article

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